(The Fawn of the Pale Faces: Or Two Centuries Ago)
The Fawn of the Pale Faces: Or Two Centuries Ago
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John Pierce Brace was born on February 10, 1793, in Litchfield, Connecticut. He was the son of Susan (Pierce) and James Brace, writing-master in Miss Sarah Pierce's school.
His aunt (Sarah) superintended his education, sending him to Williams College, where he was graduated in 1812.
Brace made some preparation for the ministry, studied medicine, and spent two years in the Litchfield Law School. He graduated from Williams College in 1812.
Even though Brace graduated with a law degree, he was born for one profession, and in 1814, he became a head teacher for Miss Pierce, later becoming associate principal and gradually taking the real leadership. He widened the course of study, adding botany, astronomy, and chemistry to the curriculum. When the school was incorporated in 1827, he was also made the secretary of the board of trustees.
During these years, the school was a leader in the education of women. The establishment of other schools and changed conditions lessening its prosperity, Brace resigned in 1832 to become head of the Hartford Female Seminary.
The fifteen years, he was principal made this school equally notable. He later taught at the academy in New Milford for two or three years. In 1849, he entered upon a new work, the editorship of the Hartford Courant, then a small paper which could be prepared for publication by one person. His office, a dingy little sanctum, was filled with books, many of them valuable.
Traces of his earlier profession appear occasionally in his editorials, one entitled "Criticisms" attacking common mistakes in English. At the age of seventy (1863), he retired to the old family home in Litchfield.
He died in Litchfield and was buried in Hartford.
Brace became a leading teacher for Litchfield Female Academy and later was appointed an associate principal. From 1832 to 1847, he was head of the Hartford Female Seminary, founded by former Litchfield Female Academy Student Catharine Beecher. John Brace wrote 2 novels, Tales of the Devils (1847) and The Fawn of the Pale Faces (1853); scientific articles; poems for the school; and eft a few poems Indian ballads and descriptions of local scenery written for the school and for a literary coterie in Litchfield.
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(The Fawn of the Pale Faces: Or Two Centuries Ago)
A relative bequeathed him a "handsome competence, " and although he was confined by rheumatism to a wheeled chair, and sometimes even bedridden, he spent his days not unhappily, practically living in his library among his books.
Quotes from others about the person
Contemporaries emphasized Brace's "vast and multifarious acquirements, " his "reputation as one of the most cultured men of his time, " and his passion for imparting knowledge.
Brace's interests seemed all-embracing, including subjects like heraldry and astrology. He collected minerals, a valuable herbarium, and, as the girls reported, "bugs . .. and a plenty of butterflies and spiders. "
He found time to correspond with foreign scientists and exchanged specimens. Besides his "exquisite feeling for nature, " he was a famous fisherman and "gardened furiously. "
Brace was twice married: first, to Lucy Porter of Portland, Maine, a descendant of Rufus King, and sister of Mrs. Lyman Beecher; and, second, to Louisa Moreau of Hartford.
